ARC Alias Usage Guidelines

Miss Manner's Guide to ARC alias usage

Version 1.0

The opensolaris-arc alias (and its psarc-ext and lsarc-ext cousins) are intended to be a forum for the review focused interactions between ARC members and Project teams.

It is not a general discussion alias for talking about the ARC, the Architecture Review process, the ARC community, the ARC website or other non review-in-progress topics. For those things, please use the arc-discuss alias.

When posting to this alias, please keep the following in mind:

• General alias karma:
  • Don't cross post to the alias.
  • Short email is good email. Be succinct and to the point.
  • Always trim unneeded quoted text from your responses.
  • Always trim unneeded Cc:'s from your responses. Chances are they all are subscribed to the alias themselves.
  • Read an entire thread before responding, and when possible, combine responses to several messages in one reply.
• ARC alias specifics:
  • The ARC aliases are for the review of specific proposals. The ARC aliases are not the right place to invent new architecture or to dive into design or implementation issues.
  • Topics that need more discussion, are aimed at non-ARC members, or are off-topic from the review focus of the ARC should be taken to a project or community group alias. Once consensus or closure on the topic is reached, a summary message to this alias is appropriate.
  • Tie your responses back to architectural foundations rather than providing a point by counterpoint debate style rebuttal.
  • Please limit your postings to one or two per day per topic unless an ARC member requests that you provide more information.
  • If you are an ARC case Owner/Sponsor, be aggressive in taking discussions off line (private email, IRC or phone...) to resolve them.
  • If you find yourself dominating the discussion, step back and let others have a say. This is intended to force you to read everyone else's contributions, gather your thoughts, and develop a cogent response, and to prevent the flurries of rapid-fire dives into minutiae that make it difficult to have productive discussions.